Yet another of AKB48’s endless ranks of identikit idols is courting controversy – this time by daring to appear without makeup, with 21-year-old Atsuko Maeda’s natural appearance brutally distressing fans with her “ugly” and “below average” looks.
As part of her efforts to learn to drive (an accomplishment of such difficulty apparently being a major event for an AKB48 member), she was exposed momentarily to the cameras without the benefit of layers of makeup and Photoshop:
How she “normally” looks, or at least how she appeared in material sold to fans:
She recently “graduated” from AKB48 to the rank of minor celebrity, at the advanced age of 21 in any case now being far too old for inclusion in their ranks.
Even this event proved controversial amongst her creepy fans, who were soon decrying the loss of their “investment” in her, but otherwise her career has been bland and largely bereft of scandal, making her a model member.
AKB48 fans and detractors alike are shocked at the results:
“She doesn’t look the slightest bit like a celebrity there…”
“She can fade out as a commoner now.”
“She looks worse than a normal person.”
“How can you say this after seeing her usual pics!”
“They really worked hard with Photoshop on those.”
“She’s just ugly!”
“Maybe she looks just normal, but in a reasonable way. Although you would never believe she was a model or actress from those.”
“Isn’t she just one of those girls who end up changing a lot going into their twenties from her teens?”
“She looks like a man…”
“If you mixed her in with normal students she would be in the lower half.”
“She’s really ugly. How did they get her gussied up so nicely? The power of makeup?”
“Makeup. Genuinely cute girls look cute even without makeup.”
“She looks about right for letting otaku think they could realistically marry a girl like this.”




























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idk. in that third pic I see some nice cock sucking lips.
I second your observation
Maybe her lips got formed like that after years of blowing AKB's manageme...
HEY WAIT! YOU ARE ON SOMETHING HERE! lol
News at 11....
Why shocked now? I thought they already saw her sans makeup in one of those reality TV programs showing her teaching new otaku marketing sla... I mean, hopeful girls wanting a shot at AKB's fame.
Frankly I myself never found her that appealing. Were all those people totally duped into marketing like a bunch of fools?
You're French, right?
Un indice dans ton post :)
Quel indice? Si tu parles du mot "sans" il est souvent utilisé en anglais.
Ah je savais pas, pourtant j'use et re-use de l'anglais à longueur de journée.
How's that ugly? She looks just fine.
Do You want to know how that works?
Imagine that the guys who write those complains, are like sweaty, post-teen years Cartman.
Just imagine you're drunk and get a pretty girl into your bed. Next morning you may wonder where her prettiness is gone, but it doesn't change the fact you had a good fuck. So who cares?
Analogy fail...
chances are those who wrote the complaints are Rush Limbaugh look-a-like
I second that.
To me the "official" look seems more ugly, probably the result of ads training me to instantly dislike everything with make up or obviously too good to be authentic.
fucking blind
Maybe it's just because she is not smiling. Wow, it's a crime to look normal these days.
She's not ugly.
Just change the glasses
lol doesn't work that way, she's missing the ponytail.
Glasses with Ponytail? It worked for Working!!'s Popura Taneshima.
Yes the glasses are way to large for her face and the wrong shape and style.
Plus the fact she has that I'm talking a dump expression doesn't help either.
So... She looks normal. It only seems like a huge drop when contrast with her public image.
Doesn't help that she's not smiling either.
The people decrying about how different or how ugly she is really proves that they are sad, lonely virgins who have never dated, let alone been in a long term relationship with a girl.
If you have been in many relationships with different girls before, you KNOW there is a drop in attractiveness once the make up comes off. How much? Differs from girl to girl. You get used to it and still think she is cute because you like her as a person, not just her made up face. People going "OH MY GOD" obviously have never gotten close enough for any girl to take off her make up in front of them...
She doesn't look to bad. I'd date her, make up or not.
I'd tap that.
It's not a drop.
Most women, especially when younger look much better without makeup. The more makeup they wear, the less "human" they look.
Not to mention it messes with the skin so effectively it ruins their appearance in the long run.
LOL, trying to fool yourself and anyone else that you are BRAD PIT!!! Hahahahahahah
Nice wet dream my super expedience handsome sancom dweller!
... You don't have to be Brad Pitt to get laid.
You need to be average looking, confidant, well groomed, have good social skills to get laid. Look around yourself, the guy getting laid in your social circle aint necessarily the best looking guy. Look at Tucker Max...
Agree, you dont need to be. learn to read and interpret, the idiot brags as if he is some hotshot that has screwed multitue of girls...a la brad pit or whaver other celebrety or mega hot guy .,,or a fraud who knoe, liek the guy that foold countless schoolgirl to have sex with them....lol
Anyway, for this kind of idiot that like to brag there a saying that goes like "Let me know what you brag about and I will tell you what you lack of"
This applies to this kind of person.
I am anon 9:09 I am saying I disagree with you. You just assume yourself that the original commenter said he looks like Brad Pitt or is really good looking. Neither point was implied. You need to have some qualities to bag girls, being devastatingly handsome isn't one of them.
IDIOT! Wannabe gigolo
If you have dated TONS of girls you KNOW for your average everyday girl THERE IS NO HUGE difference in looks based on makeup, they dont use any HEAVY makeup to begin with and are not very skilled at using it so its very soft and subtle plus they are not paying professionals to make the look like entirely different persons, to do that you need to be a really skilled (knowing light effects and multitude of visual tricks with colors) or a very skilled pro, the most noticeable difference is when they wake up beside you pal in the morning, the girl and you will look at its worst, or if you live with them you will see their dirty lazy side indeed.
So wake up from your fantasy world and dont try to fool us, none here believes you are some super handsome that has date countless girls!
hahaha loser VIRGIN here!
1) I don't know which shitty place you live in where girls are "not very skilled at using makeup" even at that age, but it sure aint that case for most of the developed world.
Most college girl in any major city in the world (including Japan. The girls are probably better at makeup than most girls from any Asian country because of their culture. You probably don't know this as well...) are skilled in makeup. Can you imagine some college girl from Paris, London, Tokyo or New York being bad at makeup? HAHAHA! If you do, you sure haven't travelled enough or are super dense... but hey, that is how pitiful virgins are.
2) Maeda Atsuko isn't even wearing very much makeup in most of the pictures. Any female friends can tell you that, Asian, White or Black (bet you don't have female friends either lol...)
One of the most important step in makeup is evening the skin tone out with foundation. That itself makes your complexion less dull. Drawing your eyebrows, lining your eyes and putting some mascara will make you look less sleepy. Lastly some blusher and lipgloss will give you colour and make you "livelier". And just these few steps can transform most girls.
And again, if you think all those steps are "heavy makeup", you truly are an idiot. This is considered as basic makeup and most girls can do this (and definitely more like eyeshadows, lipsticks, concealer, etc).
Seriously how stupid, blind and dense is this virgin? Most of the comments here agree that the difference is totally common for makeup on and makeup off... Those guys obviously have experience and empathised. And stop leaving multiple comments and pretend; people can tell they are all form one loser virgin.
The virgin trying to fool everyone here that some if you are experienced guys that have date multite of girls is the likes of you.
EVERYDAY normal girl to begin with does not has that much money to waste on make up, and stop pretending you know about makeup, you dont know shit.
In the case of this girl the make uo makes her look LIKE AN ENTIRELY different person, no ameteur can do this no matter ho much a normal girl believe she knows of makeup.
For radical changes like this you would need to be very skilled as an amateur to reach this kind of drastic changes and i you are you would become a pro and make big buck with your skill or a pro like I said.
Like I said, you dont know shit, makeup do wonders but with normal girls it does not alter her face drastically, without it many will show all the imperfection but you still recognize them ALWAYS, in this case if you see the public photos and enounter the girl without makeup I bet you a million bucks you would not even imagine its the super hottie of an idol group, this kind of level i repeat canot be done by an amateur.
Sure there most be skilled girls that do wonder with makeup, but not this drastic.
And I repeat you normal everyday girl does not has the money to buy the crazy expensive makeup to that fanous people use to make us believe they are perfe3ct beings, this applies to women in first world contries too IDIOT, you are the oine that needs to go aout and see the real world.
Oh and forgot to mention makeup can be godly if applied by skilled hands but even then it cannot be THAT DIVINE hence why we know shopped photos are part of a celebrity public image!!
I'm a girl and you know way more about this crap than you do. I never wear makeup because I don't want people to flinch back in terror at my real face, I'd rather have them used to it.
What is all this bullshit? Any Asian girl will tell you Maeda Atsuko without makeup still looks like Maeda Atsuko, albeit less attractive than her official pics. She will also confirmed that she isn't wearing very much makeup even in her official pics. Even with just a little makeup, the right lighting, good clothes, flattering hair and a smile makes a big difference. People that thinks that she looks ugly or looks super different obviously aint a girl, not Asian or haven't dated. Especially if you are an Asian girl, you will know having seen the transformations of all your friends.
That is basic makeup that most girls can do, not theatrical makeup. She looks fine. She still looks like her. She isn't a tenner but she sure aint ugly.
This person shitting all over the comments section has an agenda:
1. either a loser virgin who hasn't dated so can't tell for shit.
2. some jealous girl of some race who wants to talk about how ugly Asian girls are.
3. Obnoxious "natural beauty" bitch who wants to talk about how much better she is compared to girls who wear makeup and she is SOOO above it all.
Any of those options make you a shit person. Now go and tell others how much better you are than everyone else.
Every girl looks better with some simple make up, especially girls with shallow skin colour and panda eyes like Maeda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8nfJCOIeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBogvzz2k6c
Those 2 youtubers would look pretty horrid too with no make up, glasses and grumpy faces.
Is anon 23:33 25/09 whom these comments are referring to as the guy who thinks he is Brad Pitt and/or super handsome? I don't get what the fuss is about. I actually agree with him to an extent. I find it to be true that without makeup [I'm not saying this is only about heavy makeup, but you do realize simple foundation can hide tiny imperfections], the attractiveness in sometimes do go down a little bit. [It's like when your girl sees you without your hair styled a certain way or bad breath in the morning. It is less attractive.] This guy does make a point that you usually do still think she is cute/attractive. It shouldn't be that big of a deal.
I'm almost certain that his blatant name-calling was addressed to those "AKB48 fans and detractors" [If it wasn't, then I can see where this may be a problem]. It was uncalled for, but after hearing those "fans" say she's ugly, I couldn't help but think they were sad virgins as well who probably were let down by their beloved idol they had on a pedestal. She may not look as attractive without her makeup, but Atsuko Maeda isn't ugly.
Girls think I'm attractive, but I don't think that being attractive is of any relevance to people's opinions. All in all, it is just rude to say people are ugly. Let's try to end the hating everyone.
Yeah, comment sounds legit really. She looks fine, better with some make up. Bitch has panties in a twist thinking that only Brad Pitts lay girls lol!
she isn't ugly, ppl now days have such high expectations... sad really
It's not even a matter of expectations. What we have here is a failure at photography.
Or just merely lack of photoshop >.>
idol otaku are not people
she looks good enough to be my wifu
LOL, japanese sure have strange aesthetics issues...
I remember when I invites some jap friend over to my country, in a party I motivated him to talk to the girl she liked and he took interested in the most plain, boring least pretties girl...
Now dont get me wrong, I support loving a person for what he/she is NOT on look for its curouso in this case that you dont know shit about the oher person and viceversa the only factor is looks..
In a very friendly non rude manner I asked him several times if he really thought she was pretty, and he always said yes, evidently there was no need to lie to me, other male friends also took notice of this and we conclude his strange tastes, but seeing all the comments here when cases like this happen saying the girls look pretty and perfectly fine EVEN when in ther public ohoitos theyr look like SUPER HYPER EXTRA PRETTY CUTE faces and the sad reality its that they are you average or worst berlow averag looking girl and people still say they are pretty....WOW 0_0
My standards in who I date are actually pretty low, imho.
Throw her back!... LOL
I have no problem with plain looks.
And yes a smile would help..
triti
The horned rim glasses don't help either.
I actually like the glasses.
meganekko FTW!
i'd hit it
I don't mind 'em either.
Are those glasses even real? They don't seem to be refracting the light passing through them to any noticeable degree. Either they're an extremely minor prescription, or she's wearing them for 'fashion', or possibly just as a disguise so random stalkers are less likely to snap photos of her in a dark environment with a flash. Seriously, using a camera flash like that will make anyone look bad. :)
She looks fine.
If the little bitch would wear smaller glasses (or contacts) and smile, there'd be no complaints.
She's cute when she pouts.
The problem with the "ugly" picture is that she's scowling.
So long as she doesn't scowl, she is very pretty.
People complaining about little bullshit like this REALLY need to start socializing.
Obviously these kinds of people haven't seen full-blown ugly.
Yeah, the nubs can't tell because of the big glasses, and because she isn't pouting or smiling or smiling at the camera.
Jajaja, so you are trying to boost your ego on your own making you (and us) believe you are some hotshot? Jajaja,. yeah right, sure pal, the NOOB is you, you are so blind you cannot see reality as it is.
There's no denying reality as it is. They didn't their idol as attractive anymore, and whether or not any comments are trolls or not, they still place that those fans have a harsh view of her since she isn't 'dolled up' anymore. Many people most likely think this way, I may be one of them and you might too.
I'm certainly no hotshot, but it's the internet and everyone mostly has the right to their anonymous opinion. I'm certainly not bashing anyone, but my post was based on the comments with the article. She's not an amazing idol look in the (w/o makeup)photos, but she's not ugly either.
As a few other posts here have a similar statement like mine, but not as harsh, you chose mine for a specific reason to your liking, so I can only assume I am replying to a troll post. However, you raise a valid point anyways, people will put themselves on a pedestal to sound cool, it's what they do.
I make no false images, I try to say what I see, but thanks anyways my friend. *gives anon a cookie*
C'mon now, she really shouldn't be called ugly. That's a little too much. I don't think Alcadias is trying to boost his ego. You just might be reading too into it. It's more like a counter-jab at the comments from the "AKB48 fans and detractors".
In this cold frivolous world...how are these kind of girls selected?
I mean, granted, in the most cases TALENT IS NEVER a factor, so theres only 2 options left,. either you are simply pretty and look great on camera or then I can only imagine your below average girl without talent and without looks can make it because your are at the time underage and easily had sex with your future boss, producers, ,managers, etc.
Unfortunately, peoples' image of beauty is often distorted from what is normal beauty due to heavily edited images.
Her hair is pretty... underdone too. Everything bad in this picture and it still turns out OK.
Those that think: oh but she still has a nice body..idiots. unless she fuck you (or you catch her at the beach= you wont ever get to know how her "REAL" body looks like, all the perfect skin, nice curves and 0 imperfections are the result of slkilled photo-shoppers.
She does look kinda ugly, but she still good at her job!
Basic facts...People who judge base on looks ALONE are scum and deserve nothing but death and eradication.
THAT being said, I never even seen my own current girlfriend till we had been a year together over a GAME. 7 years later, WE are still together, fight me or my believes now bitches, I'll always win...Simple fact when you face some one who has nothing to lose. :D
Argue or not, Your nothing to me until you've faced what I have, or more.
Oh man, look at the shppped photos WOW
-lighter almost white skin in many
-form normal hair to silky pith black
-form more rounded face to fine facials
-imperfection gone
-etc
WOW. Normal street girls are usually the cutest and prettiest than you false shitty celebrities-.
"than you false shitty celebrities-"
Are you talking to them?
Do you believe celebrities will read your comments?
Yes, celebrities get airbrushed, photoshopped, etc. Unfortunately, the level of expectations many men have on women drove the necessity to do so in order to achieve and maintain stardom. It really is a shame because it just promotes letdowns and higher expectations as we get accustom to it. There are many girls in real life who supersede celebrities, but the outburst was not necessary. In all fairness, many girls use a combination of various makeups/foundations to hide imperfections as well. It may not be that noticeable like fake eyelashes or heavy mascara, but there are many ways normal girls can do to be false too. You just might not have noticed it. Using the emphasized phase "WOW" is outdated material now. It just makes you look like a moron.
WRONG, its not like people (men and women alike) have high unrealistic standards of beauty, on the contrary but it is the "industry" and "celebrities" that want to create an image of perfection, to make us believe they are higher special human beings which high standards cannot be achieved ever by common folk.
But I concede that they are indeed many naive that think celebrities are really "perfect" as they see them in the magazines, and the ones that usually think that is women themselves NOT MEN, although they do know its a false image but want hope that they can also look as "perfect" as them helped with the shitty fake products they promote of course, I assure you most of men know you can never trust makeup and even less celebrities without them MOST look like shit.
Its the same as how women think MEN prefer them skin and bones, anorexic, that is false, only the minority want them anorexic, MOST MEN prefer curves, prefer a nice round delicious ass first, second in order of preference is nice round good sized tits, at leats the ass cannot be achieved with a slender body.
But the above can vary by race thou, for example Asians, forget about a big nice formed rounded ass, that pretty much impossible for 99% of asian girls, well weoll formed ass some yes, but big ass not possible, so thats why they are obsessed with tits which is more achievable thou not easy to have the size of latins or europeans, again its due to race and their respective frames, so point asian men may prefer slender look, but at least asians are naturally slender, but western women NOT and its sad that they belive or are forced by the "industry" to think they need to be bones and skin.
stfu with your shitty skinny-shaming.
While its surprising the mnay guys that defend her below average daily and real looks, that say she is still pretty and so on, I am glad, because it proves one big sad true, thta guys are nicers, more kindharted and are not fucking assholes that discriminate based on looks, TOTALLY THE OPPOSITE OF MOST WOMEN!!!
I would like to see a girl not discriminating a guy if he looked like this girl.
Even below average girl, no aboit other harshers works, discriminates and wants a hot guy or at least that he has a car or some money to waste in her.
There are nce girl than dont discriminate, in fact I have aq friend that doe snot discriminate by looks or money and even splits bills with ther boyfriends and sometimes the bill its entirely on her, SADLY its the only girl like this I know in real live, because on the net some claim they are nice and look in the interior, but in real life its almost impossible to find this kind of girl